Springfield, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Springfield Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Springfield Memorial Hospital in 701 N. 1st Street, Springfield, IL 62781 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech I Inpatient in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Springfield Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Memorial Health
- Street
- 701 N. 1st Street
- City
- Springfield
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62781
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Surgeon was setting down the drill as I was reaching to grab it from him.When setting it down the drill was facing me and went into my palm.Once noticing that it went through both gloves I immediately took the dirty drill off the field. I then scrubbed out and cleaned my right hand.
What happened
Surgeon was setting down the drill as I was reaching to grab it from him.When setting it down the drill was facing me and went into my palm.Once noticing that it went through both gloves I immediately took the dirty drill off the field. I then scrubbed out and cleaned my right hand.
Injury or illness
Laceration exposure puncture; hand- right
Object or substance involved
Needle stick exposure. Stuck by contaminated instrument while assisting in surgery. Puncture right hand.
Summary line
Laceration exposure puncture; hand-right; Needle stick exposure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech I Inpatient
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 3,800
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 6,036,882
- Establishment ID
- 969281
- Employer case #
- EV20241017
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:50
- Time of incident
- 13:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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